The Legacy Music Hour Video Game Music Podcast

Brent and Rob focus on famed Castlevania composer, Kinuyo Yamashita.  Through an exclusive interview with Yamashita-san herself, the Legacy Music Hour reveals some very interesting information regarding the composer credits of Castlevania.  Special thanks to Kinuyo Yamashita for taking the time to do this interview and prepare her answers in English.  Text version of the interview and track

Brent and Rob deviate from the normal routine and present a fine selection of cover music from a variety of styles.  It ends up being more of a jazzy episode... with a special surprise treat!  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Artist - Song - Game - Composer - Album/Context - Label - Year Toshiyuki Mori, Shirou Satou (arr.)  - Troian Beauty - Final Fantasy IV - Nobuo

Rob comes back from Brazil, which is appropriate because in this episode, Brent and Rob focus on Latin and Latin influenced music from 8-bit and 16-bit video games.  Whistles, cuica drums, funky bass lines -all this and more on The Lambada Music Hour.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless

Music from "Run and Gun" games is the focus of Episode 33.  Brent and Rob play tracks from games like Contra III, Gunstar Heroes, and Rolling Thunder 3.  Rob also makes an interesting noise with his nose at the top of the show, so listen for that and enjoy it.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release

For Episode 32, Brent and Rob focus on the game developer and publisher, Hudson Soft.  Sharing tracks from Hudson franchises such as Bomberman, Adventure Island, Milon, and more, Brent also springs a pop quiz on Rob at the beginning of the show.  How well does Rob score?  Listen and find out!  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console -

A "shorty," as defined by The Legacy Music Hour, is a video game music piece that is around ten seconds or less in length.  For Episode 31, Brent and Rob focus soley on shorties.  Some of them loop, some of them end, none of them are longer than fifteen seconds.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release

Episode 11: Fighting Games was originally supposed to be released on January 12, 2011, but due to technical difficulties, it was never released.  There were problems with the recording device and all of the audio cut out at various times throughout the episode.  Episode 11 then became known as "The Lost Level."  See here: Episode 11 Original Posting (with photo) However, as part of their 30th

Brent and Rob celebrate their 30th episode with another free play and a VGM Karaoke.  Plus, they share some controversial clips from previous episodes that didn't make the final cut.  Video game music never caused so much drama!  Also, a bonus secret treat is revealed at the end of the episode.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console

Brent and Rob focus on title screen music for Episode 29.  Rob shares a story about inventing a comic book character and Brent tells a story about a lost relationship with Activision.  In addition, they play another round of Mame That Chune, but controversy arises with Rob's selection.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW   Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year

Brent and Rob explore music within Sega's flagship franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog.  They share some classic hits as well as some obscurities, and Brent shares some insider information on the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated) Sonic

In Episode 27, Brent and Rob present their favorite rock tracks and share stories about mosh pitta-ing and other things.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW   Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (North American release unless otherwise indicated) Metal Gear - Kazuki Muraoka - Jungle - Ultra Games - NES - 1988 Lightening Force - Takeshi Yoshida - War Like

In this very unusual episode, Brent and Rob look beyond the 16-bit era, and showcase music from the Playstation, Wii, Nintendo 64, and more.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (the version we played was released) Metal Gear Solid - Takanari Ishiyama, Gigi Meroni, Kazuki Muraoka, Lee Jeon Myung, Hiroyuki Togo - Warhead

The boys focus on video game music legend, Nobuo Uematsu, showcasing a breadth of tracks from his vast body of work during the 8-bit and 16-bit era.  NOTE: The Legacy Music Hour accidentally left out King's Knight (NES), which should have been played first before 3-D WorldRunner.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW  Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (

In this episode, Brent and Rob focus on music from beat 'em up games.  They also share stories about black belts, martial arts, and Russian sweat.  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW   Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (the version we played was released) Bad Dudes - Shogo Sakai, T. Miura, Yuji Suzuki, Yusuke Takahama, I. Uchida, Y. Nakamura - Stages 1, 3,

Episode 23 is a focus on the wonderful music from Konami (and Ultra Games).  Brent and Rob share their favorite tracks from titles such as Contra, Sunset Riders, Metal Gear and more!  Full track listing below. Download and listen NOW   Game - Composer - Song - Company - Console - Year (the version we played was released) Contra - Kazuki Muraoka, Hidenori Maezawa (arr.) - Snow Field -